You've seen it all before. Poor little poor girl from a horror show home comes to the big bad city and is lured into the porn biz. Or maybe that's just me (he winks here).The twist in "About Cherry" is that this cheeky chick (the stupefyingly gorgeous Ashley Hinshaw) doesn't want to bust out of the skin trade at all. Screw that. In fact, she may have just laid into a brand spankin' new career! And then they all boinked happily ever after (he snickers here).

Although I have used IMDb for years, I only just now made an account so that I may write a review for this film. I'm shocked at such a low score that it has received.As with most independent dramas, the film moves slowly and has a slight dream-like feel. About Cherry's director clearly made conscious effort to not just produce some trite content about sex films but instead make art, so I enjoyed the pace and tone of the film to match its artistic reflection.The film is very subtle, and I found it to trigger and alight my imagination as part of receiving the story. Most of the heaviest emotional aspects of About Cherry are only hinted at. Maybe it's a half-smile of the mother character, played phenomenally by Lili Taylor (in what I consider one of her best supporting roles) when she visits her runaway daughter. The slight up-turn of her lip reveals desperation, insecurity, love, and shame all in a single moment. Or the brief scene when Angelina (the character who becomes "Cherry" when entering the adult industry) is asleep with her younger sister on some couch-bed (maybe the family is too poor for the entire family to have bedrooms?) and feels the menacing presence of her step-father that leaves the attentive viewer a thick taste of some muddied history of abuse. However, even as the allusive nature of the narration benefits the imaginative mechanisms of the viewer, the film demands a certain sophistication and attention that may prevent its accessibility.As a male who worked in the adult (straight) industry in the late 90's and early 2000's, both as an owner in production and as "talent", I personally greatly admire the film. There are all types of people involved in the industry, but with About Cherry we get to also encounter the more modern type of sex worker who can transcend morals and even health through emotional or spiritual wounds to reach healthier and happier levels. I like how the movie shows a porn actress actually turning down cocaine. I also like the lesbianism in the movie because it's absolutely true that female adult actresses often grow more romantically fulfilled with women after years of essentially being used and dominated by testosterone.As a resident of Northern California, in close proximity to San Francisco, and having spent time recently at The Armory (home to the real adult film studios that much of About Cherry was shot at), I especially like how the film gave an honest picture of the current evolution that the industry is witnessing. The S.F. adult industry scene is creating a renaissance in the culture, where women are discovering they can actually have fun (not always) with the work. Instead of simply feeling pressure from the expectation to be just an object, the adult film industry of Northern California is creating a culture of permission-based, fantasy oriented, sex-positive healthy exploration and weaving that into film production. There is an attempt to even integrate more artistic and enlightened practices to the adult film productions as well.Although details of the adult industry, the character's thoughts, and the dark background of the story may have been left out of About Cherry, I consider both the content and presentation of this movie to be exceptional. I was very impressed with both the acting and the direction, and very much enjoyed the story - even the ending. This film may not be for everyone, but I would still recommend it to most everyone I know.

This film tells the story of a young woman who enters the pornographic industry to make ends meet.The lead actress, Ashley Hinshaw, is very beautiful and sweet. She is surely the girl of many guys' dream. It is quite a pity that her character has to do whatever it takes to make ends meet. Her life has no sugar coating, her family is dysfunctional, while the boyfriend is a drug addict. How she manages to keep sane is quite impressive.Though there are lots happening in the story, it is not that intriguing and is not enough to pique my interest. To me, "About Cherry" looks more like glamourised porn rather than a film about a young woman's tough journey.

What a lousy act to choose a clichéd & somewhat-ubiquitous topic to make a directorial debut movie on! I was intrigued by the title and in tandem expected an untold story.But, what About Cherry delivers has already been read, filmed, published, sung or even enacted a hundred times. So the story is typical. Plot revolves around a bunch of other characters related/unrelated to the lead and they introduce some of those LGBT relationship dramas. That is genuine. The porn aura made it look gaudy but yes, now I completely know how they make an actual porn movie & how girls fall prey into the multi-billion dollar worth industry.Performances are good enough with Ashley & Heather doing good. Patel is good, too. Yet, the climax fails to pick up the pieces. It gives a conclusion but falls short in adding a noble inference. Plus, the whole experience has the greatest potential of fading it off your memory. 5/10.BOTTOM LINE: Nothing new. Wait for a free copy or pass.Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NOMessage: Where there is money, may always not be the right path.Profanity: Mediocre | Porn: Critical | Sex: Critical | Nudity: Very Critical | Smoking: Mediocre | Alcohol: Mediocre | Drugs: Mild | Vulgarity: Mild | Violence: Very Mild | Gore: No